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Kalle_Kulan Author

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Setting up existing domain with iCloud

When setting up a domain with iCloud I should add five DNS settings according to Apple (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212524):

MX: host: [example.com]. points to: mx01.mail.icloud.com. priority: 10 TTL: 3600

MX: host: [example.com]. points to: mx02.mail.icloud.com. priority: 10 TTL: 3600

TXT: host: [example.com]. points to: “v=spf1 redirect=icloud.com” TTL: 3600

CNAME: host: sig1._domainkey points to: sig1.dkim.[example.com].at.icloudmailadmin.com. TTL: 3600

TXT: host: [example.com]. points to: [personal TXT record provided during set up] TTL: 3600

I have added the first four settings and my mail seem to be working through iCloud, but I haven't got the info "personal TXT record provided during set up" from Apple and can't find it anywhere. And I haven't set this up yet, so it is simply missing in my settings.

As I understand this should be some kind of validation to make sure my domain isn't used by anyone else. But to add it I still need to find this code somewhere. Can anybody help, where I can obtain it?

Thanks

/Kalle

Posted on Oct 17, 2021 6:53 AM

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Kalle_Kulan Author

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Posted on Oct 17, 2021 7:25 AM

Checking my DNS settings once more I saw that this last setting had been added automatically, not by me.

In the setup process there was a question if I should allow Apple doing something, which I approved, and then this was obviously added automatically.

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